When we visited Poland I was surprised with how much I enjoyed everything beyond my expectations. Originally, I thought how enjoyable can this be. Man, was I wrong. There is something about history. Reading is one thing but, to be there and seeing, touching is another. To see where it began was a moving experience. Maybe, not to the everyday citizens but, to people who lived through it. History is needed in our lives or we forget and we are doomed to repeat the past.

Really touching monument! Has a almost physical effect since it feels so huge and overwhelming. Sadly there is little explanation about the monument that's not in polish, so look some backstory up before you go! Definitely take a walk around the fountain in front of the European Center of Solidarity afterwards!

Towering monument adjacent to the museum which details the story of the fall of communism and the birth of the unions in eastern Europe. This monument is dedicated to those who lost their lives early in this struggle.

Polish history from the not that old decades - communism has fallen. Let's hope that with this mad man pUtin it will not be repeated.

Impressive monument to victims of the 1970s protests, unveiled in 1980.

Don't know much about the monument history, I will definitely read it through once I am settled but it's an amazing design to behold

1970 mielenosoituksissa kuolleiden telakkatyöntekijöiden muistomerkki vanhan telakan portin vieressä. Vieressä muistoseinä. Todella vaikuttava paikka, jonka vierestä kommunistidiktatuurien vallan kaatuminen alkoi 1980-luvulla.

Monument has been build in the respect to fallen shipyard workers and their resistance to the communist system and its collapse. The monument and European Solidarity Center is especially worth visiting for young people or foreigners unfamiliar with the regime. Plan a couple of hours for the audio-guided tour. The monument of the most notable atrocities of the state’s repressive apparatus was the firing at innocent workers leaving a train in Gdynia to go to work in the morning of December 17,1970. The unrest was too much for the authorities. Armed militia units attacked the crowd with tear gas and brutally pacified the demonstrators, who over the next few days fought for their rights, not only in Gdańsk but in other port cities, notably Gdynia and Szczecin. Armed militia confrontations with the protestors led to the deaths of around 40 people, while over 1,000 people were injured. The economy in Poland had been slowing down throughout the 1960s, with a drop in foreign investment, a decline in production and – most importantly – a lack of everyday goods becoming commonplace throughout the country. According to official statistics, in 1969 Poles spent an average of 1.5 hours a day standing in line for essential goods.

Important landmark and even more relevant with the ongoing war in Ukraine. Need to remember the lessons of the past.

Very moving memorial for ship workers. Lech Walesa was very deserving of the Noble peace prize and presidency for Poland!

An important remembrance location. A must see as well as the European Solidarity Centre standing behind hit that depicts the story of Poland's democracy transition through Solidarność.

V.I.P. Very interesting place.!! For history & Edukaction .!!

A monument to those brave shipyard workers who lost their lives to establish PL first workers Union.

Its not a place you would easily rate. Extremely emotional 5 min of my life, standing in front of a symbol that many had to pay with their own blood to make possible.

Very emotional visit. See recent history with your very own eyes. Unforgettable

Very interesting and fun to see the water fountains.

Great place to be for a history buff, especially during anniversary celebrations.